CMCH says Unstoppable condo sales put Toronto market at risk of overheating
Condos are driving much of the momentum in the local real estate market, with the Toronto real estate board forecasting a further 10 per cent rise in condo prices this year.
Time to get serious about Torontos homelessness crisis
A year after encampments sprung up under the Gardiner, the war of words between housing activists and City Hall reaches a tipping point in the city's most marginalized neighbourhood
Drive until you qualify Mortgage stress test forces homebuyers further outside GTA to find house they can afford
TREB survey finds buyers had to adjust their expectations last year just as it expects home prices to rise nearly 10 per cent this year
How Will Coronavirus Affect Canadian Real Estate
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Could splitting mortgage costs with investors make housing more affordable Canadas top banker believes it would
Poloz has pointed out a need for banks and financial services in Canada to think more creatively about risk sharing and mortgages
Construction of rental apartments at the highest level since the 1970s
Urbanations Shaun Hildebrand said a total of Sixty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Four apartments were under construction or proposed for development by the end of 2019 but it will take time for those to become occupied
Mortgage rates fall further as buyers rush into the first open houses of 2020
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to the lowest level since October this week, at 3.69%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That has an already competitive housing market heating up even more.
Canadian recession not expected in 2020 despite uncertainties
A recession is not expected in Canada this year despite a number of global uncertainties and trade tensions, according to a top Scotiabank economist, but growth will likely remain unexceptional
Things are looking up for real estate markets heading into 2020
After a disappointing 2018 when housing prices and sales declined 2019 has been a year of resilience for housing markets across most of Canada
Ontario federal government make One billion four hundred million dollars housing deal to help low income renters
Torontos low income renters may soon get some relief from the citys overheated market following the announcement of one billion four hundred million dollars rental housing benefit cofunded and agreed on by the provincial and the federal governments
Raising taxes to build Toronto is not just good it is necessary
Mayor John Torys plan to increase property taxes is good news for Toronto
Millennials Expected to Bolster Canada s Real Estate Market Next Year
Price increases of about three percent across the country have been predicted
Heres one thing you should be shopping for this holiday season
This is the best time of year to make one big ticket purchase new data suggests
How the portrait of a first time home buyer has changed since the stress test
One in four buyers say they had to cut back on expenses rely more on savings and buy a smaller home
Canada needs to ditch its addiction to real estate and start investing in technology
Tech companies make up only a paltry five per cent of Canada’s biggest exchange Of that just three stocks Constellation Software Shopify and CGL account for three quarters of the total value
How a property survey could have prevented a pricey court judgment
I am regularly surprised at how frequently a land survey is viewed as unnecessary when it could be considered the single most important document in a real estate transaction
Mortgage stress test has not solved housing supply problem
David Wilkes writes that an estimated 64 per cent of qualified buyers would return to the housing market if the mortgage stress test were adjusted
Big losers in Canadian election could be foreign real estate speculators
New taxes for non-Canadian buyers supported by both Liberals and NDP
Immigrant fuelled demand is helping to power Canadas housing market
As per a Royal Lepage Poll Immigrants buy twenty one per cent of houses and may purchase six hundred eighty thousand homes during the next five years
Appraisals are no longer required on some home sales of four hundred thousand dollars and under
Regulators raise appraisal threshold for first time since 1994
Real estate is still the best investment you can make today millionaires say and here is why
Billionaire Andrew Carnegie famously said that 90 percent of millionaires got their wealth by investing in real estate and we wanted to know whether this is still true
The Citys real estate plan makes sense if done right
A plan at City Hall to reorganize the citys real estate holdings that could save taxpayers money looks good on paper
Why and how I left my 610 dollar apartment in Toronto
I loved my apartment in Toronto
This Toronto garage actually costs almost 600 thousand dollars
Realtor calls it an interesting property that will no doubt draw demand
Condos now cost more per square foot than a detached home
Prices range from over 1000 dollars in Vancouver to just over 300 dollars in Calgary
Feds target congestion at Bloor Yonge station as part of 1 Billion Dollar GTA transit investment
Six stations will also be added to existing GO Transit rail corridor
GTA Market Update - Q4 2017
The GTA market is showing signs of a rebound, with a 12% increase in resale volume in October and slight increase in prices
TD hikes mortgage rates for rental properties and lengthy loans
TD will start charging borrowers an extra 10 basis points or 0.1 per cent for all fixed rate mortgages that take more than 25 years to pay back. They will also be executing an extra cost for mortgages on rental properties, which will charge borrowers 25 basis points more.
Ontario offers 1st-time homebuyers bigger tax break
The Ontario Government is looking to double the maximum tax rebate that is offered to first-time homebuyers alongside raising the land-transfer tax on house purchases over $2 million.
